Singing the molasses blues

[trigger985]

Well I have spent three days and visited every feed store my end of the valley and it would appear it is pretty much impossible to find a sulfer free or de-sulfered molasses here in the south west corner of Canada. Talked to a nice man at otter co-op and he said it will be very hard to find a sulfer free molasses in the area, apparently there is a bit of a monopoly on the sugar trade here (his words). I can get 675ml of fancy at walmart for $2.68 and that's about all I can find. Even costco does not carry it. All I want to do is make rum haha.

Anyone up this way find the same thing? Or find a way around it? Lower mainland BC area.

Cheers!

[googe]

I've always thought the sulfur issue is not really that founded, I've tried many many different stock molasses and have never had a issue. Just get some and try it, only gonna be a few $ down the drain if you don't like it.

[Saltbush Bill]

I agree with Goo, buy a small amount and see how it ferments. If it ferments ok get more and go for it.

[trigger985]

Last season I did just that, got a bucket of feed grade that had sulfer but no bad preservatives in it and ran it. I had done many many whiskey runs and knew how to run my rig and followed recipie to a tee, the run went normal but there was a horrible taste and smell like sulfer and even after 6 months aging it was still no good. Maybe just that one brand was bad but I have not tried rum since and now having had that happen I don't really want to try again with something I know can fail. Want to try it without that variable this time around

[still_stirrin]

What about using panela from Sugar Daddy? Some say it makes "the best" rum.

Don't be a whiner...be resourceful.
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[Saltbush Bill]

What sort of still did you run it through , and what recipe did you follow?

[Yummyrum]

Many of my first Rums were absolute crap, some still are .I know I don't have sulfurous Mollasass ......so it must be what I was doing . Wish I had shitty mollases to blame . LOL .
Cuts and Oak seem to be what causes me grief .

[Saltbush Bill]

Many of my first Rums were absolute crap, some still are .

You might be your own worst critic Yummy, Ive never tasted a rum of yours that was bad, some are just better than others.

[Yummyrum]

You might be your own worst critic Yummy, Ive never tasted a rum of yours that was bad, some are just better than others.

Thanks for the Vote of confidence Salty ....but I'd swap you a bottle any day LOL

Guess what I was eluding to was that you need to spend a bit of time mucking about with a particular style before you decide it's good or bad . I totally agree with small trial batches .....just don't give up after the first one if its not what you expected ... there are a lot of variables other than the obvious .

[midlife-u-turn]

I'm in the PNW as well, although not as far north as you. URM (Cash and carry) stores are pretty common around here not sure if they are up by you. I get 1 gal fancy molasses there for about $12.50/gal. A little more than feed molasses, but it makes a good rum. Small town bakeries will usually order you some with their order. My Cash and Carry thinks I make a lot of home made BBQ sauce

[NortherStiller]

Yeah I also agree with Googe, I've done plenty of runs with stuff from Meijer's and they've always been drinkable and some say pretty good.


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[partonken]

i buy mine from bulk Barn and i pay $75 for a 5 gallon pail. Its very strong and you dont need much to get the job done.

[dukethebeagle120]

if you decant well the smell should go out.its like sulfery water.let it airate and the smell goes away

[rad14701]

I just got back from a short camping vacation and when we stopped into a craft foods store there I spotted cooking grade black strap molasses for $8.39 a gallon... It was all I could do to pass it by without buying a couple gallons...

[Deerhunter]

That is a great price. I just picked up 2 gallons at restaurant supply and I paid 14.95 a gallon.